“Ineffective role performance” nursing diagnosis in postpartum women : a descriptive study

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcanti, Bárbara Maranhão Calábria
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Marques, Denise Cibelle Rodrigues, Guimarães, Fernanda Jorge, Mangueira, Suzana de Oliveira, Frazão, Iracema da Silva, Perrelli, Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/8524
• topic: Diagnóstico de Enfermagem; Relações Mãe-Filho; Depressão Pós-Parto

Aim: To investigate the “ineffective role performance” nursing diagnosis in postpartum women at family health centers. Method: A descriptive study was carried out in cities in interior Pernambuco, with a sample of 51 postpartum women. The component elements of the diagnostic presented were identified through the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale - PDSS. Results: We identified ineffective role performance in 52.9% of the sample. Anxiety, inadequate self-adaptation, and inappropriate self-control, were the most frequent defining characteristics. Disadvantaged economic status, stress and low levels of education were factors associated with the high percentage. Discussion: the phenomenon is correlated with depressive symptoms in the postpartum period as indicated in PDSS, especially anxiety and irritability, that substantially interfere in the relationship between mother and child. Conclusion: PDSS allowed the determination of a human response in the postpartum period, so it is an important instrument to be introduced in the professional activities associated with the Family Health Strategy program.